Dossier 1 - Research on St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork

• Letter from M. Holland to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. referring to an article in the 'Cork Examiner' on the Botanic Gardens in Cork. He writes ‘It is a pity a more detailed history has not been written as the cemetery contains many most interesting monuments of historical interest to Cork people’. 18 July 1930. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Note re the ‘New Cemetery’ (St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork) established by Fr. Mathew. It reads ‘To put a stop to the loathsome custom of exposing the dead poor in coffins outside their miserable dwellings until alms sufficient to meet the expenses of their burial were laid on the lids of the coffins I set apart a portion of the Cemetery for the free internment of the destitute’. Typescript, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. titled ‘Why Fr. Mathew bought the burial ground?’, 'Cork Examiner', 8 Dec. 1981. The article refers to the purchase of St. Joseph’s Cemetery (part of the Botanic Gardens) in 1830. Fr. Nessan notes that it ‘became the first public cemetery in Cork’. Clipping, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article by William Howitt titled ‘Memoir of Father Mathew’ published in 'The People’s Journal', 1847. The article has an engraving of Fr. Mathew by H. Anelay dated 15 Aug. 1846. The article refers to the establishment of St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Cork by Fr. Mathew. It reads ‘Fr. Mathew purchased the Botanic Gardens, and allowing them to retain their former agreeable walks and statuary, the best specimens of the native genius of Hogan, he converted them into a cemetery, not for Catholics alone, but for members of every other Christian denomination. To the poor burial is allowed gratis, and the moderate fees derived from others are all devoted to charity’. With typescript copy extracts from the article. Printed and typescript, 11 pp.
• Copy clipping of an article by Richard I. Henchion on St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork, 'Holly Bough', Dec. 1986. The article refers to the history of the cemetery and graveyard inscriptions. Clipping, 2 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Charlie Wilkins titled ‘Botanical Gardens of Lilliput’ referring to the history of St. Joseph’s Cemetery (formerly the Botanical Gardens) established by Fr. Theobald Mathew in 1830. 'Cork Examiner', 9 Jan. 1997.
• Photocopy from Sr. Evelyn Bolster, 'A history of the Diocese of Cork / from the Penal Era to the Famine' (Cork: Tower Books, 1989), pp 278-9. The extract refers to Fr. Mathew’s role in establishing St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Copy print, 2 pp.